10yr old gets suspended under 0 tolerance weapons policy. read this!!

[gtbuzz]

this is really interesting stuff. too lazy to type it all out, so i'm copying it from neal boortz's web page


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That brings us to the Cobb County schools. They put their zero-logic, zero-tolerance policy on weapons into play yesterday. One of the weapons you can?t bring to school is a chain. Now you and I, thinking logically, would think they were talking about a bicycle chain or something like that. A chain that could actually do some damage if you swung it at someone. Well ? that?s thinking logically. Government institutions have a tough time thinking and acting logically ? and that includes the Cobb County schools, at least when it comes to their weapons zero-tolerance policy. . They?re too consumed with the politically correct and blind obedience to policy.

The chain in this case was a key chain. A key chain with a little Tweetie Bird on the end of it. The chain is about one-eighth of an inch in diameter .. about six inches long. You couldn?t use this key chain to garrote a lizard.

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Little Ashley Smith is being taught the government way in Cobb County schools. Maybe someday she?ll make a good little government bureaucrat.

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i just clipped out stuff not pertinant to the article btw.

isn't this insane or what? i mean, i can understand not bringing a gun or knife to school and whatnot, but this is a tweetie bird keychain!

her father went to the principal of the school and laid down the keychain, a sharp pencil and a pair of scissors. asked him which of the three would make the best weapon. he refused to answer the question. all the people that he's called at the schoolboard simply say &quot;i'm sorry, it's out of my hands, there's nothing i can do about it&quot;

 

[NFS4]

That's is just screwed up...if I were the dad, I'd probably cussing out quite a few officials.

 

[403Forbidden]

totally insane...most public school employees barely graduated college
(and they usually take an easy major to boot)

 

[Viper GTS]

He should have included a protractor in his list of items. You could EASILY kill someone with that, you might as well have an icepick.

As for the incident itself, it's ludicrous. When my dad was in school he took his .22 to school to help in the building of his gun rack, which was his wood shop project. When I was in school, I had to hide my pocket knife if I forgot to take it out of my jeans when I left in the morning.

Society has gone nuts, &amp; there isn't really a damn thing we can do about it.

Viper GTS

 

[Eli]

That's just absolutely .. God, I can't even think of the word.. It's just stupid, is what it is.


Hell, I've hurt myself with a protractor without even meaning to.. Imagine someone flipping one across the room? Yikes..

You could probably kill someone with a pencil too, if you tried hard enough.

 

[JellyBaby]

This reminds me of the high school student who was nearly expelled from giving a fellow student an asprin for her headache. She broke the zero tolerance drug policy.

Yep, the hands of teachers and administrators are tied and who's to blame? Your friendly politicians, activist groups, ill-advised parents, society, the media, yogurt, and a host of other foul things. The fix? Put me in charge.

 

[KarsinTheHutt]

I've long scorned the bureaucracy of the public school systems. This is just another sad example of hard @ss authorities not using common sense. I'm glad I graduated when I did - from what I hear things will only get worse.

 

[gtbuzz]

nah. i think that people have gotten afraid of anything and everything. due to the recent episodes of school violence, somepeople tend to think that all children are out to kill everyone else. i wonder what the hell is wrong with the teacher that turned her in too. does she have no common sense at all. does she not even have a heart?

 

[XMan]

Hell, you could hurt somebody with a compass, not to mention a protracter. I know a guy who stuck a pencil through his hand.

 

[Cybordolphin]

My 10 yr old.... was EXPELLED not suspended, AND I was drug in front of the school board.... because he had a pair of toenail clippers in his pocket (he actually had forgot to take it out after a camping trip with his scouts). The school board made a HUGE mistake having me come down. By the time I was done rippin arss.... they were appologizing in a big way.

It is out of control. The school system needs some MAJOR overhauling. The freaks running the show are truly pathetic. Our school system SUCKS. Period.

Just glad I am over those school years with my son. It's embarassing as a parent to have to explain away the absolute incompetence of the adults that are responsible for teaching our children. It really is the root of many of the problems that we are facing with the kids these days (lack of respect for elders, lack of hope, lack of trust). Too many BAD lessons are being taught to our children if you ask me.

&quot;It sickens me&quot; (William Shatner via The Howard Stern Show)

 

[Eli]

I agree 100%, Cyberdolphin. Our schools Really Suck. It's a joke. If you want a good read about the hoorrors of our Public Schooling system, get a book by Grace Llewellyn called The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education, written by a former school teacher. Trust me, great read.

 

[Sybren]

LOL. I live in Cobb County... why does this not surprise me. Cobb County schools are not all that bad though, in reality.

 

[jmcoreymv]

Damn you all need to stop b!tchin about bad schools, i dont see you trying to join the school board and fix it.

 

[ChrichtonsGirl]

That is idiotic. But FettsBabe beat you to it. Earlier thread